Like so much rock ‘n’ roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little bit from there. Southern rock, distinct from its lighter country rock ...

For Marc Smirnoff, the magazine’s editor and publisher, certain aspects of music have always been special -- its uplifting nature, its intimacy, even its ability to “sweep down and take complete hold ...

Southern Songs and Stories is a documentary series about the music of the South and the artists who make it. Hear their performances and discover the stories behind their songs with a look at their ...

Sometimes we think certain genres are only for certain people, that songs made in East Coast cities are for people living in those East Coast cities. Same for West Coast music, Texas music, southern ...

SLRA copy 39088020219747 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of John Hasse. Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. It ...

There is something so charming and distinct about classic southern rock. The sonic lovechild of rock and roll and country music, the genre boasts a twang and a sense of the heartland that other sorts ...

Bristol is bisected by the Tennessee-Virginia state line and is known as the "birthplace of country music." Joel Carillet, Getty Images Everyone knows the greatest hits—Nashville, Memphis, Austin, New ...

If watching Buddy Jewell's new "Sweet Southern Comfort" music video feels like tagging along for a series of long-overdue catch-ups between old friends — well, it's because it is. Black was the first ...

The arrival of the Great Southern Music Hall in 1974 meant that concerts, in Gainesville, need not be sweaty, quasi-tribal affairs with music lovers jammed knee-to-elbow into an outdoor space. For ...

CALLAWAY — Music festivals are a huge hit in Panama City Beach, but one local entertainer is bringing the music to the east side of Bay County. Bay County’s inaugural Southern Soul Music Festival will ...

Ten years ago, when Ori Naftaly started the Memphis soul-blues band Southern Avenue, he had no idea what direction the group, its music or his life would take. “It’s true — I couldn’t have imagined ...